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Social Housing Policy in Sweden – from an Alternative to Mainsteam Lena Magnusson Turner Institute for Housing and Urban Research Uppsala University, Sweden
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Overview Housing policy in Sweden Public housing Public or social – who are the tenants Conversion of public housing to cooperative housing - consequences
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Housing policy in Sweden – the basic ides‘ from 1940´ Phase-out housing shortage Increase housing standard – good housing till everyone Public housing as dominating tenure form Strong municipalities
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Housing policy after 1990 1990’ – housing policy division Financial policy Decreased subsidies More market oriented Social housing policy – prestige word Reasonable housing costs Good and equal housing standard Integration and social rights
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Developments in housing policy in Sweden More selective More demand oriented More on market terms
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Subsidy-Tax Trends in Europe Less tax benefits to owners Less interest subsidies Less allowances to households More grants (incl. VAT reduction) Less public/social housing, more housing associations (with grants) Modest increased real estate taxes
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Subsidies and taxes
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Subsidies and allowances
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New housing policy in Sweden - arguments Subsidies phase-out Subsidies limits competition Increasing competition by stable condition for housing construction and owning Increased housing construction Increased labour participation, lower income tax, low interest rate level Right to sell public housing Ownership as a mean to reduce social exclusion Rental tenure an important mean for labour market policy
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New social housing policy Guarantees from municipality for weak families Stimuli to buy
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Public housing as idée Publicly owned houses in Sweden - a tenure form open to everyone No closed entry – no maximum income Compete with other types of housing No stigma to live in public housing
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Who is living in public housing in Sweden? 15 % families from poor countries (2 % OH) 10% families on social benefit (1% OH) 10% single mothers(5% OH) 10% fifth quintile (25% OH)
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Changes on the housing market Tenure conversion – sale of municipal housing Inner city and suburb Decreasing production of affordable housing Only for sale What will happen with vulnerable families? A large group in public housing Especially in metropolitan areas Remaining – social housing
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Thank you for you consideration 1 million Euro 30 000 Euro
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